Oct 8, 2018 | Sunday Evening
Just about a year ago I preached from the first half of chapter 12. The title of the message was “Our Long Home” – referring to the grave – death. And then this morning I referred to this scripture again. So avoid too much reiteration, I’m going to...
Oct 7, 2018 | Sunday Morning
In our current doctrinal statement – under the title “The Lord’s Return” – there is this statement: “We believe that Christ Jesus is coming back to earth again; that His return shall be personal, audible, visible, and bodily; that it shall mark the...
Oct 4, 2018 | This Sunday in Baptist History
What is the likelihood that our service for Christ in this place might become a blessing to someone on the other side of the globe? And if it was, how would you feel, if no one even knew your name in regard to that service? There was a young Irishman, whose name...
Oct 1, 2018 | Sunday Evening
On one of the family vacations to the Black Hills when I was 8 years old, we paid our money to join a group of tourists entering a deep-shaft gold mine. We used flashlights to look at gold-laden ore, examining star-like twinkles in the hard rock walls. At some point...
Sep 30, 2018 | Sunday Morning
Some of you have already seen the cartoon in today’s bulletin. For those who haven’t, there is a line of silly-looking people awaiting the signature of yet another Christian author. In the foreground are another two, one of which says, “I just can’t understand...
Sep 29, 2018 | Timothy Parrow
Dear Pastor and Brethren: No New Visitors This Month The Lord did see fit to send us four return visitors, Braden, Khloie, and Gaven, the children of Bro. Ruben Torres, and Earl Oswalt. Earl Oswalt’s girlfriend died. He arrived home in the afternoon after...
Sep 27, 2018 | This Sunday in Baptist History
When King Charles II died, his brother James II ascended to the British throne. James was an avowed Catholic and was ready to re-establish Catholicism in England. It was during his short three-year reign that Benjamin and William Hewling surrendered their lives to...
Sep 23, 2018 | Sunday Morning
I read about the death of Michael Costello in a book of contemporary sermon illustrations. According to the Chicago Tribune, Michael was a parachute instructor. Although the article didn’t say, I’m going to assume he was the owner or manager of a company which...
Sep 20, 2018 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Mrs. Sabrina Chivers Mercer died on this day in 1826. She was the faithful companion and help meet of the well-known Baptist, Jesse Mercer. They were married nearly forty years. She passed away while traveling home through South Carolina with her husband after...
